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v M. MURPHY, Adminstratrix. SMOKE AND DRY HOUSE FUR MEAI'S.l

Patented Nov. 25, 1890.

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N. MURPHY, Decd.

M MURPHY Admmlstratrlx SMOKE AND DRY HOUSE FOR-MEATS.

No. 441,576. Patented Nov. 25,1890.

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NITEDN STATES PATENT OEEICE.

MARY MURPHY, `OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF NICHOLAS MURPHY, DECEASED.

SMOKE AND DRY HOUSE FOR IVIEATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,576, dated November 25, 1890.

Application filed January 9, 1890. Serial No. 337,395. (No model.)

lIllinois, invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smoke and Dry Houses for Smoking and Drying Meats, of which the following is a description.

The purpose of this invention is to obtain asmoke and dry house within which any desired temperature may be more evenly maintained throughout the whole extent thereof than has been possible in smoke and dry houses as heretofore constructed; to obtain a smoke and dry house within which meats may be smoked and dried with cold smoke supplied thereto by a suitable furnace placed outside thesmoking and drying room and any distance therefrom; to obtain a smoke and dry house wherein meats maybe quickly and easily placed in position to be smoked or smoked and dried, and readily taken therefrom after having been so smoked or smoked and dried, and, further, to obtain a smoke or dry house so constructed that meats may be moved around therein while being smoked and dried, and upon the completion of the smoking and drying thereof such meats may be moved in-to proximity with the opening through which entrance is effected thereinto.

In this invention the smoking and drying room is warmed and maintained at a suitable temperature, when in use, by steam oontained within a revoluble radiator, upon which radiator the meats are suspended during the smoking and drying of th em. This revoluble radiator consists of a hollow vertical shaft rotatably mounted, preferably on carriers or balls, hollow arms radiating therefrom, and hollow rings (to which the meats are directly attached)supportedontheradialarmsandcon- Steam is admitted to the vertical hollow shaft from a stationary non-revoluble pipe placed below the iioor of the smoking and drying chamber, connected to the vertical shaft by a suitablyconstructed stuffing-box, and such steam extends through the vertical shaft, some or all of the radial arms, and through the concen- The vertical shaft, the radiatingarms, and the rings thereon are constructed and assembled in a manner to allow the water of condensation to flow therefrom without interfering with the circulation of the steam therein.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, in which- Figure l is a vertical cross-section of the smoke and dry house. Fig` 2 is a cross-section on lines 2 2 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, viewed in the direction of the arrows.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

A A are the walls of the smoke and dry house.

a is a flooring which divides the smoke and dry house into an upper and lower chamber.

a2 is a Stringer extending across the upper chamber of the smoke and dry house.

The smoke-furnace may be and ordinarily is placed in chamber B, but not necessarily so, as by this invention the smoke may be transported from any distance before being admitted into the smoking and drying chamber B.

B2 is the smoke-pipe through which smoke is admitted into chamber B.

b is the door through which entrance is effected into chamber B in placing -meats therein and in removing them therefrom.

C is a hollow vertical shaft extending from chamber B through floor a, chamber B',- and into or through stringer a2.

C is a steam-pipe extending from a boiler for generating steam into chamber B, and has at the end thereof upturned end C2. On the hollow vertical shaft C there is rigidly secured casting D, which rests upon and is supported by the rollers or carriers cl cl.

E is a stuffing-box steam-connection, making a steam-tight joint between hollow vertical shaft C and the upturned end C2 of steam-pipe C. This stuffing-box steam-connection E may be formed of piece e, rigidly secured to hollow vertical shaft C, piece e', placed onto the upturned end C2 of the steam-pipe C and capable of adjustment thereon by means of the screw-thread con- IOO nection with such upturned end C?, and of the packing or stuffing placed between the two pieces e c.

It will be observed that that part of the upturned end C2 of the pipe C which is inserted in part c of the coupling E is of less outside diameter than is the inside diameter of vertical pipe C,and that the inside diameter of part e is in contact with that Vpart of 1o this upturned end C2 of smallestdiamcter. A plate extends fromthe walls of part c of this coupling E, which surrounds part e of such coupling, and by placing the stuffing e2 be-V tween part e and the upturned end C2 ofthe pipe C and then turning up such part e upon or around part e of the coupling a stuffingbox is secured.

A flexible steam-tight joint similarly constructed has been heretofore used in the heatzo ing of buildings by steam where the height of the building has made it desirable to provide for the expansion and contraction of th Vertical steam-pipe termed the risen '.lhe part e of this stuffing-box steam-connec- 2 5 tion rotates freely in part e thereof, and thus rotation of the hollow vertical shaft C is provided for.

F is a wheel rigidly7 secured to hollow7 vertical shaft C, by which it may be rotated.

G G are hollow radial arms rigidly secured in and extending outward from vertical shaft C in the chamber B', and G G are radial arms extending outward from this shaft C, which may or may not be hollow, as preferred.

H H are concentric rings formed of ordinary steam-pipe secured by steam-tight connection to hollow radial arms G and supported by radial arms G G. The radial arms G are constructed of connecting-crosses g g 4o and steam-pipes g inserted therein. The

rings H are formed of pipes h 71., forming a portion of a circle, each pipe 7L, secured at each end thereof in crosses g. These pipes h h, it will be observed, are illustrated as semicireular and not secured to the radial arms G', but merely resting thereon and supported thereby. As thus constructed and resting upon the radial arms G an inclination is given to these rings Il Il, whereby wa- 5o ter of condensation contained therein may flow therefrom into the radial arms G. These radial arms G are also inclined, so that water of condensation contained therein flows therefrom into hollow vertical shaft C and thence 5 5 from the radiator. The outer end of each radial arm is supported by a tie-rod I, extending therefrom to the next upper series of such radial arms and secured thereto by a bolt t', passing through such tie-rods into the outer 6o cross g on the radial arms G G. From the top row of radial arms G G tie-rods l extend upwardly and inwardly to hollow vertical shaft C, and are there rigidly secured.

The invention is operated as follows: The

6 5 meats to be smoked and rdried are placed on the rings II H, the door a is closed, and smoke is admitted into the smoking-chambei-B and in Contact with the meats. Steam is at the same time admitted into pipe C and extends upward therefrom into hollow vertical shaft C, from thence into radial arms G, and from such radial arms G into the rings ll II. If the radial arms G be hollow, steam will also pass thereinto from the hollow vertical shaft C.

The smoking and drying chamber B is warmed to any desired temperature by the steam contained in the revoluble radiator, and as the radiator extends throughout the chamber, as illustrated and described, the entire chamber is evenly warmed without reference to wind or other atmospheric disturb-` ances existing outside of such chamber.

By the radiator being made revoluble, meats may be placed thereon and taken therefrom while the person performing such operation is in close proximity to the door of the chamber, and the radiator turned, as required, to accommodate the doing thereof. Radial arms G may therefore extend to near the walls of the smoking and drying chamber, and the outer rings Il ll placed at the extremity of the arms.

The smoking and drying chamber B may extend upwardly to a greater height than is illustrated in the drawings, and a grated fioor adapted to support a person, but through which smoke and heat freely pass, may be used; but such a construction I consider entirely within the scope of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. The combination, with a drying-chamber, of a revoluble radiator contained therein, consisting of a hollow vertical shaft closed at the upper end and communicating at the other end with a steam-pipe, hollow radial arms extending outwardly and upwardly from and communicating with such hollow vertical shaft, but not with the drying-chamber, and hollow concentric rings communicating with the hollow radial arms, but not with the drying-chamber, each of such hollow concentric rings extending upwardly from its point of communication with the hollow radial arms as such ring is projected around its center, whereby articles placed in the dry- IOC IIO

ing-chamber may be suspended on such revoluble radiator in the smoke or vapor contained in the chamber and warmed by the steam contained in the radiator, and the water of condensation produced in the radiator may escape therefrom, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the smoking and drying chamber, of a revoluble radiator and support contained therein, consisting of a hollow vertical shaft closed at the upper end and a steam-pipe communicating with the other end, hollow radial arms extending outwardly and upwardly from and communicating with such hollow vertical shaft, but not with the drying-chamber, additional radial arms also extending outwardly from the vertical shaft and between the hollow radial arms, and hollow concentric rings communicating with the water of condensation produced in the raro hollow radial arms and resting upon the other diator may escape therefrom, substantially radial arms, and a smoke-pipe terminating in as described.

the smoking and drying chamber and comr muncating therewith, whereby smoke ad- MARlggfw initted and contained Within the chamber,

together with articles suspended on the rev- Witnesses: oluble radiator', may be warmed by steam E. F. DUNNE, contained in such revoluble radiator, and the FLORA L. BROWN. 

